A group of treehoppers sit on a plant stem in University of Missouri Professor Rex Cocroft's lab. Humans can't hear the vibrations these insects use to communicate with, but Cocroft has been able to ...

Insects are easy to underestimate. They are small, everywhere, and people swat them as if they were the most insignificant creatures.

Scientists are using atomic force microscopy to record sounds emanating from inside living insects like flies, mosquitoes and ladybugs. A team of Clarkson University scientists led by Prof. Igor ...

When some insects are scared or threatened by predators, they secrete smelly compounds. Scientists converted the secretions into sounds, creating an eerie melody that's unpleasant to humans. See more ...

"The Sound of Insects – Record of a Mummy," an experimental film combining documentary and literary elements from Swiss director Peter Liechti, has won this year's Prix Arte for best European ...

When a tree cricket rubs its wings together, tiny features of the wing rub against each other to create a species-specific chirp. Animals, including humans, feel sound as well as hear it, and some of ...

Bird-watching—and, necessarily, listening—has exploded in popularity in recent years. But put your ears a little closer to the ground, and you might hear a quieter but just as potent kind of song ...

To most of us, it’s a plague. After 17 years underground, the cicadas invade, blanketing lawns and streets, flying uninvited into faces and droning incessantly. But to David Rothenberg, the sound of ...